Friday, October 28, 2011

28th October - 28η Ὄκτωβρίου 2011 - Ἑορτή τῆς Ἁγίας Σκέπης τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου - The Holy Protection of the Most-Holy Theotokos


Παρασκευή: Ἑορτή τῆς Ἁγίας Σκέπης τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου. Τῶν Ἁγίων Μαρτύρων Τερεντίου καί Εὐνίκης καί τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρός ἡμῶν Στεφάνου τοῦ Σαββαΐτου. Τῶν ἐν Ἁγίοις Πατέρων ἡμῶν Ἀρσενίου καί Ἀθανασίου, Πατριαρχῶν Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, τοῦ ἐξ Ἀνδρούσης Μεσσηνίας. Ἀγγελῆ, Μανουήλ, Γεωργίου καί Νικολάου τῶν νεομαρτύρων, τῶν ἐν Ρεθύμνῃ μαρτυρησάντων. Τοῦ Ἁγίου Ροστισλάβου, Μεγάλου Φωτιστοῦ Δουκός τῆς Μοραβίας.

Ἡ Ἀκολουθία κατά τήν ἐν τῷ Μηναίῳ τάξιν ἐκδόσεως Ἀποστολικῆς Διακονίας.

Σημείωσις: Εἰς τάς ἐν τῷ Ἐξωτερικῷ Ἐπαρχίας τοῦ Θρόνου εἴθισται νά τελῆται κατά τήν ἡμέραν ταύτην ἡ καθιερωμένη Δοξολογία, κατά τήν ἐν τῷ «Ἱερατικῷ» τάξιν (βλ. Ἱερατικόν, Ἔκδ. Ἀποστολικῆς Διακονίας, Ἀθῆναι 1977, σ. 277 κ.ἑξ.) καί τήν εἰς τήν 1ην Ἰανουαρίου τοῦ παρόντος τοιαύτην.


Ἐν τῆ Ἐκκλησίᾳ τῆς Ἑλλάδος καθιερώθη, ἀπό τοῦ ἔτους 1952, ὅπως τήν ἡμέραν αὐτήν συνεορτάζεται ἡ Ἑορτή τῆς Ἁγίας Σκέπης, ἥτις ἐορτάζεται καί τήν 1ην τοῦ μηνός.

Taken from the Ημερολόγιον του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου 2011

Note that after 1952 the Church of Greece started celebrating the Protection of the Theotokos on October 28th to coincide with the historic OXI Day, when the Greek Nation said NO to Nazi occupation. In the Orologion to Mega (Ωρολόγιον το Μέγα) published by To Perivoli Tis Panagias (Το Περιβόλι της Παναγίας) we read the following about celebrating these two holidays together, the one national in character and the other religious in nature:

...ὅπως μετὰ τῆς ἐθνικῆς ἑορτῆς τῶν Νικητηρίων τῆς 28ης Ὀκτωβρίου συνεορτάζηται καὶ ἡ ἑορτὴ αὕτη τῆς ὑπεραγίας Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου, τῆς πάντοτε καὶ κατ᾽ἐξαίρετον τρόπον σκεπούσης τὸ εὐσεβὲς ἡμῶν ἔθνος.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

voutsinasilias.blogspot.com

This blog is full of liturgical texts mostly from the Menaia, but some of the most interesting posts are the texts of the Typikon of St. Savas (ΤΑΣ) for the celebration of the Vigil, i.e. Small Vespers, Great Vespers, Orthros, Hours, and Liturgy:

Here is the link to the Great Vesper Service, Lity, and Artoclasia http://voutsinasilias.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post_6158.html

Some of the notes seem to be those of Fr. Dositheos, Hegoumenos of the Holy Stauropegial Monastery of Panagias Tatarnis.

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Goar - Euchologion - Εὐχολόγιον - 1647

The service of Xeirothesia (ordination, χειροθεσία) of a Anagnostes (Reader, Ἀναγνώστης) and Psaltes (Chanter, Ψάλτης) as contained in the 1667 (Paris)  edition of J. Goar's, Euchologion.

Note that the service is labeled χειροτονία and is for both a Anagnostes and a Psaltes with a small difference at the end. I would point out that a Psaltes is a member of the lower clergy, with the rank of Anagnostes.

Euchologion - Goar - 1667

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Videos of Metropolitan Methodios of Boston at the Holy Monastery of Simonopetra, Mt. Athos

Metropolitan Methodios presiding at Orthros - Video A



The Entrance with the Gospel Book and Censing after the Entrance by Metropolitan Methodios - Video B



Agios o Theos tou Vymatos (Άγιος ο Θεός του βήματος), Blessing of Metropolitan Methodios with the Dikeron and Trikeron - Video C



Censing by Metropolitan Methodios before the Great Entrance - Video D